Social Studies, Grade 3

Unit 1: Connecting with Canadians

Cluster 1: belonging to Canada — citizenship and its rights and responsibilities, the anthem, personal identity, leadership, resolving conflict, and remembering peace.

• What citizenship means
• Rights and responsibilities of citizens

• Our anthem in three languages

• What shapes my identity
• My Aboriginal community
• My francophone community

• Formal and informal leadership

• Fairness and sharing
• Resolving conflict
• Dealing with bullying

• Remembrance Day

Unit 2: Exploring the World

Cluster 2: opening up to the wider world — mapping the globe, connections between communities, human rights everywhere, and personal actions that reach beyond our own place.

• The equator and hemispheres
• Continents and oceans
• Maps, photos, and satellite images

• Countries are communities
• Links between world communities

• Everyone has basic rights
• Groups that help worldwide
• Services that support rights

• Concerns communities share
• My choices can help others

Unit 3: Communities of the World

Cluster 3: how communities around the world live — where they are, how they live with the land and its resources, how they meet needs, their daily life, and the diversity of world cultures.

• Finding world communities

• How nature shapes life
• Different ways of living with the land

• Using natural resources
• Work, goods, and technology
• How land shapes work and trade

• Meeting needs around the world
• How media shapes our view

• Daily life around the world
• Comparing daily life

• What makes a culture
• Protocols in Aboriginal culture
• How cultures express themselves
• The world's many cultures

Unit 4: Exploring an Ancient Society

Cluster 4: a close look at one ancient society — its daily life, its customs and cultural expression, and the lasting contributions it made that connect the past to today.

• Life in an ancient society

• Customs and stories of long ago
• How ancient people expressed themselves

• Cultures continue over time
• Communities change over time
• Lasting contributions